Title:

BATTLE OF WATERLOO

Added Location:

vol. 1-2, part 1, opp. p. xv

Inscription:

Drawn & Engraved from a Plan Delivered from the Horse Guards from a Sketch by Capt. Thornton. // REFERENCES // A Part of the Bivouac between the 17th. and 18th. // B Position of the Army under F.M. The D. of Wellington, on the Morning of the 18th. // C Mont. St. Jean principal station of Wellington during the Battle fought Sun- || day. June 18th. 1815. // The Wellington Tree. // 1 Division under Lt. Genl. Sir H. Clinton. // 2 - D°. - M. Genl. Cooke. // 3 - D°. - Lt. Genl. Sir C. Alten. // 4 - D­°. - M. Genl. Sir J. Kempt. // 5 - D°. - Lt. Genl. Sir. T. Picton, where he fell, leading the charge. // 6 British Cavalry Lt. Genl. The Earl of Uxbridge. // 7 Nassau Usingen Infantry. // 8 Duke of Brunswick's Troops. // 9 Belgian Cavalry. // 10 3.[?] Batt. of the 1st. Foot Guards, with the flanks of their square wheeled up, firing || into a column of Imperial Guards. // Prussians // 11 March of Prince Blucher thro Ohain, to form a junction with the British. // 12 D°. - of Genl. Bulow's Corps from St. Lambert, to occupy their covered position. // 13 Prussians debouching from the Wood, and Attacking the French perpendicularly || upon their right flank. // French // D Position on the Morning of the 18th. about 11 O Clock. // E Principal situation of Napoleon with his Squadrons of Service. // a Attack upon Hougoumont. // b Cavalry of the Old Guard, charging between the Squares of British Infantry. // c Columns making a simultaneous movement, to attack the center and left- || wing of the British Army. // d Reserves opposing the Prussians. // e French Guards. // A cluster of Trees upon the height commanding Hougoumont where the Duke of || Wellington was a great part of the day. // Scale of One Mile. // S. Hall sculpt. 14 Bury Stt. Bloomsby. // Published in Illustration of the Official accounts, with cercumstancial details by a near Observer; May 20th. 1816. Sold by L. Booth, Duke Street Portland Place, London.

LC Call Number:

DC242 B382 1817b folio

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